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Beam

by Beam

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1.
Ça commence avec un rêve, Il n'y a pas de fin Les bouquets d'asphodèles Ont trouvé un refrain Derrière la colline Tout près de l'eau dormante Où des routes étranges Ont trouvé un parfum Les anges, les anges n'ont pas d'ailes Il s'accrochent, se décrochent à ma main La lumière, les déserts les réveillent Comme la mer, bleu liquide, presque rien Bleu Liquide Presque rien La nuit est limpide Dormez, mes marins Je finirai par me taire, Ça n'est pas un destin De renverser les règles, Pour trébucher sans fin Mais qui sait les naufrages Pourront peut-être encore Un matin de printemps Détourner un chemin Les anges, les anges n'ont pas d'ailes Il s'accrochent, se décrochent à ma main La lumière, les déserts les réveillent Comme la mer, bleu liquide, presque rien Tout À coup Tout est bleu La nuit est solide Dormez, mes marins Tout À coup Tout est bleu, et sans fin Tout va mieux, presque rien Les anges, les anges n'ont pas d'ailes Il s'accrochent, se décrochent à ma main La lumière, les déserts les réveillent Comme la mer, bleu liquide, presque rien
2.
And all the things I love Are hidden behind you The mountains they become Sometimes are shading you And all the skies I lost Reflect you both There's someone Hiding behind you And everything I lost is written over you But all the things I love Are you Bonfires and stuff California cradled you Watch all the skies I lost Hovering around you Tell me if I become Something that's shading you But everything I lost could be revoked Forgiven or Hidden behind you And everything I dreamt was all a part of you The skies, mountains and stuff Are you Everything I lost Is to be loved No matter how I become Lost and small and ghost again Show me worlds I've never hear Her stars, mountains and stuff Have been sheltering you The skies, moons on the rise Are you California cradled you California Cradled You
3.
Circles 03:45
I could write a song about the seaweed or The way geese carve crazy patterns with their feet Or else I'd ask you 'bout your life, is it Drawing crazy circles, just like Mine Drawing circles And cycles 'Cause then I look around the fire And when I find that you're not there Oh, gosh Where was that arrow Pointing again? I could try to forget all about you, Bury some memories and Find somebody new Or else I'd ask you would you like to be Drawing crazy circles all 'round Mine Drawing circles And cycles 'Cause then I look around the fire And when I find that you're not there Oh, gosh Where was that arrow Pointing again? Circles Cycles Where was that arrow Pointing again?
4.
Crazy Eyes 04:10
Crazy eyes Follow me around, keep me in that not so real realm Of lines Take your glide Crazy smile Follow me around, keep me in that oh so real realm Of ties All for some rhymes Gone the rowing, roaming, Skies don't look too happy tonight All those miles Apart Crazy eyes Taken by the storm, I hear little whispers twirl in The sun Blows my mind Crazy eyes The next time around, weave my dreams and I'll steal whole streams Of time Here come the rhymes Gone the rowing, roaming, Skies don't look too happy tonight All those miles Apart Show me your reward There's hurly-burly covering That long-forgotten, far fetched Dream of mine
5.
I'm blind, I broke my glasses on the vine, and you won't See me, counting colors and pebbles bright If you deceive me All my dreams come true, and show me how The waters follow through If you deceive me You'll find, I don't put my name on the line, and if you Trick me, I'll watch butterflies pass me by, So please believe me Cause all my dreams come true, and show me how The waters follow through And we look at the sun We don't let go We question the sides We catch the fire in their eyes We don't let go We catch the fire in their eyes You're blind, I put my glasses on the line that he can't Catch me, from dream to dream, from sign to sign, Better pass me by Cause all my dreams come true, and show me how The waters follow through And we look at the sun We don't let go We question the sides We catch the fire in their eyes We don't let go We catch the fire in their eyes We catch the fire in their eyes
6.
Regrets 03:24
I went on a trip In my own country My mother was standing there In the very Beginning Of my favorite path Begging for company But never letting me pass Regrets I'll pledge over time, over You Remembering things long overdue Let's miss that freeway again While Trains, cars roll over time, over You Remember, discover your way through Regrets I'll pledge over time, over you, Over I went for the ditch Dug it all out and ran But I saw you standing there A forest Or a crowd Green around your head I should have asked for company But I'd forgotten how Regrets I'll pledge over time, over You Remembering things long overdue Let's miss that freeway again While Trains, cars roll over time, over You Remember, discover your way through Regrets I'll pledge over time, over you, Over If I reach again For the bottle Will you hear my Golden pain I'll get ink over My ten fingers Before I let it unsaid Regrets I'll pledge over time, over You Remembering things long overdue Let's miss that freeway again Regrets I'll pledge over time, over you, Over
7.
Looked into my dreams, I found some reflections of you Your arms, your skin, your breeze Long forgotten feelings Buried with you, Sweet Blue Thing And I Never had you But you Never had me How can that be? Sweet Blue Thing The streets are falling under me Squatting and crawling, You try to throw your arms at me But I can never reach Webs of gentle blessings Untangled you Sweet Blue Thing And I never dared once Imagine you But you can't even Listen to me It's all on me Sweet Blue Thing Gotta keep the child inside me And I Never had you But you Never had me How can that be? Sweet Blue Thing Gotta keep the child inside me Gotta keep the child i
8.
If I could, only, Take that wound out of the past And hold it to the light Then maybe, could I Find a way to fly so high That mountains wouldn't mind I've seen the world collapse blind Held off colors that weren't that worthwhile, so Take Me Higher than the grass and Show Me Fires of the past as Damp as my Eyes before they sleep If I could, only Take that star out of your eyes And rest it for a while Then maybe, would I Take a leap out of your arms And land there upside down I've seen the world collapse blind Held on flowers that were to go wild I've heard the winds tell me to get high Sailed out to sea to find I was blind, so Take Me Higher than the grass and Show Me Fires of the past as Damp as my Eyes before they sleep I've seen the world collapse blind Held off colors that weren't that worthwhile I've heard the winds tell me to get high Sailed out to sea to find I was blind
9.
Jet Lagged 03:36
I don't know what way they said it should go So light the windows high A snap of time, bewildered and mild Has crept through the blinds It's just like a plane Wake the nights and thread the days Things you can't explain Count your dreams and dream the days Peel your skin and fade away Things you can't explain Tender box of rain Try to find a place to sit and dream Hazy and not exactly sure Which language to use There's not enough water for your steps To be washed by Watch the banks grow softer if they can Four nights of an open, hungry window That's what I'm gonna know Four days of careless forgetful talk Angels lying low And it's just like a dream Count the days and dream the winds Long forgotten sins Scattered magic in the wind Voices lost behind a tree Long forgotten sins Tender box of pins Try to find a place to sit and dream Hazy and not exactly sure Which language to use There's not enough water for your steps To be washed by Watch the banks grow softler if they can
10.
Wait It's the beginning of times I've heard shadows lurking around They say my head's been up and down That alley where birds used to sigh And you Your burden's gotten shapes and crowns Mirrors And little ways to pass the night Don't try so hard Even sorrows die & You rock me once and You rock me twice, my Concentration's already gone and You rock me once but I'll tell you twice Wait I've let go of some ties Welcome new ones, been off my guard Remember how we used to think Life was a leaf the breeze blows by Listen To the sailors calling from behind Whisper Of blazing suns, forgotten skies Quit sitting down Wings are made to fly & You rock me once and You rock me twice, my Resolutions are blown and dried and You rock me once but I'll tell you twice You rock me once and You rock me twice, my Concentration's already gone and You rock me once but I'll love you twice

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"With a sound best described as Belle & Sebastian meets Stereolab with heavy doses of Joni Mitchell and Donovan thrown in for good measure, Beam is first and foremost a vessel for the beautiful French drawl of singer-songwriter Helene Renaut. Though the group’s other three members give Beam a haunting atmosphere that is impeccably suited for the cathartic lyrical content, the main focus of this album — its real source of appeal — comes straight from Helene herself. Her thick accent adds an irresistible charm to every last one of these songs, never feeling like a tired or overemphasised shtick. The music sometimes boarders on twee, and though it results in some of the album’s best songs, like the chamber pop bounce of "California Cradled You” or the breezy "Les Anges n’ont pas d’Aisles” (the only track sung entirely in her native French), there is a much stronger focus on dark psychedelic pop that drives the album and gives it its real weight." Scott Reid, Exclaim CA

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released October 21, 2003

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Hélène Renaut Los Angeles, California

'Imagine Syd Barrett and Françoise Hardy having a musical baby'- West Coast Folk's best kept secret, Hélène Renaut's French psych-folk explores that improbable territory where Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, and 60s girl groups would be having a party while Brahms is conducting a quartet in the other room. "Renaut’s voice is more unique and bewitching than her contemporaries or influences." (Eric Shea) ... more

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